I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death.
Ingrid BetancourtI think that the security in the cities is a lot better, but I think that outside the cities the peasants have no security, have no protection of the justice, so that I think is something we have to address.
Ingrid BetancourtWhat we have in Colombia is a war against the poor and the guerillas from the left side are against the poor.
Ingrid BetancourtI think that for example as a prisoner of course I was pressured to become very submissive and in a way the syndrome of Stockholm is when you shift position and then you become like you're supposed to act, which is accepting the authority of those who have abducted you.
Ingrid BetancourtI think there is limits to the assumption that wherever you are, the situation in a way tells you how to behave.
Ingrid BetancourtWe're too passive. We're feeding on too much rubbish and I think we should strive to just shrug away that comfort zone and be able to get the most of each one of us, which means restructuring the way we deal with time and the priorities we have in life, so being what we want to be I think should be something that we should keep in mind.
Ingrid Betancourt